Expressive Quotes

139 quotes by 130 authors

In a way, painting is like wine: it is as old, as simple, as primitive and as varied. Like wine, it is a very specific… — Robert Motherwell
A fine suggestion, a sketch with great feeling, can be as expressive as the most finished product. — Eugene Delacroix
Is it my role as an artist to say something, to express, to be expressive? I think it's my role as an artist to bring… — Anish Kapoor
Water is the most expressive element in nature. It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence. — Walter J. Phillips
When technique is obtrusive it becomes mere mannerism, a conscious striving for effect. It is only a means to an end - the manner of… — Walter J. Phillips
A work of art in paint should be beautiful and expressive as abstract colour and form and should not interest us necessarily in any 'story'… — John F. Carlson
A great influence in my life was the sanctified or Holiness churches...Everybody in there sang and they clapped and stomped heir feet and sang with… — Mahalia Jackson
I think, you know, I'm German, and um, probably not very expressive in my emotions. — Tim Heidecker
Everyone pretends to be 'free thinkers', but few individuals pass the line into expressive territories that may be detrimental to their own social well-being. — Criss Jami
The Framers of the First Amendment were not concerned with preventing government from abridging their freedom to speak about crops and cockfighting, or with protecting… — George Will
So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning. — Aaron Copland
The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is in fact a fool. It is the… — Rachel Cusk
There is always shame in the creation of an expressive work, whether it's a book or a clay pot. Every artist worries about how they… — Rachel Cusk
I can mourn internally, just be quiet about it. I have my moments but I'm not a real, expressive person, especially when it comes to… — Faith Evans
Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections. — Gloria Estefan
Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he… — Louis Kahn
The kids that are different and out there and expressive and are bold with those choices, those are the people that grow up to be… — Adam Lambert
If there's any object in human experience that's a precedent for what a computer should be like, it's a musical instrument: a device where you… — Jaron Lanier
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. — Henri Matisse
I don't know how much more expressive you can get than being a rock and roll singer. — Robert Plant

Who Wrote These Expressive Quotes

130 authors contributed a total of 139 Expressive Quotes, led by these top contributors: